Imma tell you sumthin’.
I used to think I was too good to be this, but I think I am nosy. Hear me out.
I just got sucked into this Facebook News Feed reading and photo stalking. And because of that, I forgot all about feeding the baby on time and giving my older daughter a bath. SO wrong! I know!
BUT, I found out that our HOT high school quarterback lost all his hair! AND, another former hotty looks like he’s very well “fed”! HA!
This was so much fun – I need to FB photo-stalk more often!!
At least I didn’t play Candy Crush for 4+ hours. I will not go down that road! Please don’t make me…
Now that I have fed, bathed, and put the girls to bed, we can talk. Just you and me. And we’re going to talk about this beautiful Cookies and Cream Flourless Chocolate Cake!
For my husband, this cake is the cake. He is a chocoholic and if he could, he would marry said cake.
Last week was his birthday, so I had to make it for him. Again.
I sure do know how to make him happy. All it takes is chocolate and cake.
I think I probably make this cake about every other month for him. I thought it was time to share it with you because, unlike the flourless chocolate cake topped with powdered sugar and/or raspberries, my cake is filled and topped with cookies! And it is so, so good – crunchy, silky, and very chocolaty. And fancy!
Now is a good time for me to look you in the eyes and tell you the same thing that I tell you every time; make this cake! You will kiss yourself for doing it! Come back and thank me. 🙂
ENJOY!
- 8 eggs
- 1 pound good quality chocolate , chopped
- 2 sticks butter , room temperature and cut into pieces
- 1 package (12.5-oz.) Trader Joe's Gluten Free Joe-Joe's, crushed, divided
- Preheat oven to 325.
- Set rack in the middle.
- Grease an 8-inch springform pan with butter and line the bottom with foil.
- Snap the pan closed and wrap another foil around the bottom and up the sides.
- Set the springform pan in a large roasting pan; set aside.
- Beat the eggs with mixer on high for 5 minutes, or until doubled.
- In the meantime, set up a double boiler by placing a large bowl that is safe to use on the stove over a saucepan of boiling water.
- Add chocolate and butter.
- Stir frequently with a rubber spatula until melted and smooth.
- Fold 1/3 of the egg foam into the chocolate mixture.
- Keep folding until all egg is incorporated.
- Fold in half of the remaining foam, and continue to fold until no streaks appear.
- Add in the rest of egg foam, continue to fold until incorporated.
- Fold in 2 cups crushed Joe-Joe's.
- Pour the mixture into the springform pan.
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
- Set the roasting pan on the oven rack, and pour enough boiling water to come halfway up the sides of the pan.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the edges of the cake have just started to set.
- Remove from water bath and set on a wire rack to completely cool.
- Cover with foil and refrigerate over night.
- Decorate with the rest of the crushed cookies.
- Run a knife around the edges and snap it out of the pan.
- Slice and serve.
- Refrigerate leftovers.
Inspired by Cook's Illustrated The Ultimate Flourless Chocolate Cake
This.looks.ridiculous. Alas alack, I would have to omit the cookies in favor of almond flour…any idea of how much would be a good idea?
Ummm…there’s flour in Oreos so this isn’t flourless….
unless maybe you use trader joes gluten free “joe joes”
I thought flourless chocolate cake was decadent enough, and you topped this with cookies added! Very very rich indeed!
This cake looks so good. I have to try this recipe.
What a wonderful treat! Looks amazing!
My first time here n I have to say I’m in love!!!!
N yes I’m gonna marry this cake. .. Yes!
N facebook stalking… god I miss that. .. life has left me so busy that sometime I’m probably the last one to know anything going around…
Anyways this cake is stunning!!! Love it 🙂
This looks amazing! What kind of chocolate do you use? dark chocolate?
Hi Jennie! Any good quality chocolate will do. I used Ghirardelli semi-sweet chocolate chips.
I would marry that cake! 🙂 No chocolate cake with only 4 ingredients can look that good!
Hey…. sometimes even mother’s need something to keep us happy. Don’t feel bad… I used to play Farmville… what a colossal waste of time… now I realize.
I totally agree with you hubby… this cake is marriage material. :0)
I’d marry that cake, too, Kate!
I can just picture your spouse saying “I take you, cake I mean Kate, to be my lawfully wedded dessert I mean wife . . .”
Lovely photos, and the result looks like so much more than just 4 ingredients. Four decadent ingredients, to be sure.
Thanks!
LOL!!! 🙂 Yes, he really would say that!
This is way toooooo good. I am very much tempted..Amazing one !!!
It really is tooooooo good!! 🙂 Thank you!!
This looks amazing, your photos are so stunning! Oh and I don’t even have facebook, I think it would be way too dangerous for me!
Thanks SO much!!! 🙂
Candy Crush is definitely addictive. As is this gorgeous cake!!!
Yup, you’re right. I must make this amazing cake! I’m certain that my hubby will request it again and again, too!
Oh it’s not just you, I used to do that too when kids were younger… now that they have busier life (which makes me busier), I don’t even know what’s going on. Some friends (not very close though) got married, got pregnant, or have a baby, and I had no idea… Sometimes facebook stalking can be important…until you feel like out of loop. xD I saw this photo earlier and I got speechless! Such a spectacular cake!!
Oh my goodness … i couldnt believe that cake was real so i had to come to your blog to check the recipe! gorgeous photography!
Thank you SO much!! 🙂
Love the crushed Oreos on top!! Beautiful!!! yum, can’t wait to try this one!
You are too funny! I’ve done the facebook stalking thing in college – it’s amazing how fast time goes by when you get sucked into it.
Oh and I get totally stuff my face with this cake.
Eggs, Chocolate, Butter and oreos…. Oh MY!!! Positively dreamy…. I do.
Ok, you had me laughing out loud at the FB stalking! I get it. A few weeks ago an old boyfriend friended me. I haven’t talked to him in 25 years… since he dumped me for a police dispatcher with BIG bangs and BIG hips. I sat on the friend request for about a week, then couldn’t help myself. I said yes… not sure if I won’t unfriend him soon, but I wanted to see what sort of pictures he had. He didn’t age well, and I felt sort of bad that that made me feel good. He used to tease me about weight… (I weighed a good 99 lbs) and I admit it made me smile that his wife is probably 3 of what I was then.
Ok… probably TMI, but I haven’t told anyone else!! Kinda had to get it out. Now I think I will unfriend him!
Lol!! I LOVE IT!! 😀 I hope one of my exes decides to request FB friendship so I can photo stalk!! 🙂
oh em ge….this cake is the bomb, Kate! I can see why your love is happy! Mine is also chocoholic and he sure would appreciate cake like this esp. on his birthday! I am LOVING your pictures….LOVING em’! 😀
Enjoy your week!
Whoa whoa whoa… this cake and I need to meet ASAP!!!
Oreos never looked so fancy, Kate! I think they should send you to BlogHer Food, as a sponsor, because this recipe is surely to go viral and it calls for an entire package of Oreos! Making this…very soon! Pinning… xo
hehehe 🙂 Thanks, Stacy! I wish!! 🙂 xoxo
Wow this chocolate cake looks so decadent! Love the oreos in this!
Oh goodness this sounds WAY too good!
Kate, honey! This is what I call chocolate decadence…The only thing that I think about it is to dig in in the center of this cake. Mmmmmm!!!
oh wow!!!!
Now thats a beauty!
Happy Belated Birthday to your husband! What a decadent way to mark the occasion!
This is awesome! Seriously it’s just awesome! As for Facebook, I’m not a personal member but I’ve googled old friends and such. Very interesting.
There´s always room for a new flourless chocolate cake in my files. And I´m always amazed how oreo cookies can really make a good thing better. So yummy Kate!
Lovely cake indeed. If only I had some oreo cookies to give it a try … oh well, guess it wasn’t meant to be. 🙂 I’ll just enjoy a slice of yours in my mind.
Oh wow how indulgent! Can’t wait for a special occassion to pop up so I have an excuse to make this 🙂
Pinned. holy.moly.
I can see what anyone would want to marry it! What an amazing birthday cake this is! I have wanted to make a flourless choc cake for awhile, and wow, I just need to do what you did!
Oh how I’m loving the look of this cake!
Very naughty……however I guess one slice will not hurt. 😉
I think I want to marry this cake too! 😉 Love the oreo topping, fab photos!